
Electric Trucks Are Coming…
Electric Trucks Are Coming. What Does that Mean for Brakes? If you own an electric car, you probably know that much of the braking is

We Now Offer Air Disc Brake Calipers
Air disc brakes are steadily increasing in popularity in the heavy-duty industry and due to the high-temperatures, it’s relatively common to see component failures in

Brake Drum Chaos
As many of you have probably noticed, there is a lot of movement in availability and pricing in heavy-duty truck parts and it might not

Wheel-end fires
Fall issue 2020 Seeing a black cloud of smoke emanating from the bottom of a tractor-trailer? You might think the tires have caught on fire.

Fall 2020 Heavy Duty Industry Update
Year 2020 has been a year of dealing with uncertainty and adapting to the current environment. Every class of retail sales in the industry saw

COVID-19 Effect on Trucking (Fall 2020)
There are signs that trucking market continues to perform at a level higher than the overall economy. Perhaps because the shopping that consumers have been doing

Summer 2020 Heavy Duty Industry Update
After 3 disappointing months, we can take a small sigh of relief in seeing the volume of North American Class 8 orders increase. In June, the

Stemco Exits the Brake Drum Market
In a recent turn of events, Stemco has announced that they have made the difficult decision to depart from the brake products segment in addition

Covid Effect on Trucking (Summer 2020)
We have been moving slowly and nervously through this COVID-19 crisis now for more than 3 months. We hear the word unprecedented over and over because